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Election 2024: News organizations urge Biden and Trump to engage in presidential debates

Election 2024: News organizations urge Biden and Trump to engage in presidential debates

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NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve news organizations on Sunday called on presumptive presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debatessaying they were a “rich tradition” that had been part of every general election campaign since 1976. While Trump, who is not participating in the Republican nomination debates, has expressed a willingness to …

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Trump’s historic hush money trial begins with jury selection

Trump’s historic hush money trial begins with jury selection

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NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary moment in American history, former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial begins Monday with jury selection. This is the first criminal trial against a former commander-in-chief and the first Trump’s four charges to go to court. With Trump as the presumptive nominee for this year’s Republican nomination, the …

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Jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial

Jury of his peers: A look at how jury selection will work in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial

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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is making history criminal process will begin Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is vital to American democracy. A group of ordinary citizens — Trump’s peers, in the eyes of the law — will be chosen to decide whether the former president of the United States …

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rallying hundreds in Iowa to try to gain access to the November election

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rallying hundreds in Iowa to try to gain access to the November election

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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to the Iowa presidential primary as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question. Kennedy tried to qualify by holding a convention with at least 500 Iowa eligible voters representing at least 25 counties. Before …

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Trump’s hush money trial: What you need to know with jury selection set to begin Monday

Trump’s hush money trial: What you need to know with jury selection set to begin Monday

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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump will make history as the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges when his money laundering case begins Monday with jury selection. The case will force the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to juggle sitting in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks to defend himself against charges involving a …

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Republican Sen. Rick Scott softened his stance on abortion after the Florida Supreme Court’s decision

Republican Sen. Rick Scott softened his stance on abortion after the Florida Supreme Court’s decision

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Senator Rick Scott of Florida this week joined the ranks of Republican incumbents struggling to strike a balance on reproductive rights, saying he opposes November ballot initiative to overturn his state’s six-week abortion ban, but believes Congress should leave those decisions up to the states. Scott, who is seeking …

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Student loans: What you need to know about Biden’s latest bailout plan

Student loans: What you need to know about Biden’s latest bailout plan

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is launching a new attempt at student loan cancellation, hoping to fulfill a key campaign promise he has so far failed to keep. IN visiting wisconsin on Monday, Biden unveiled a detailed proposal that would cancel at least some of the debt of more than 30 million Americans. It …

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Trump and the GOP say they raised more than .6 million in March

Trump and the GOP say they raised more than $65.6 million in March

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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump and the Republican Party said Wednesday they raised more than $65.6 million in March, when the former president became presumptive nominee and installed new party leadership. Trump and the Republican National Committee ended the month with $93.1 million in their campaign accounts, a significant increase as they try to …

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The Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s 15-week ban on most abortions

The Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s 15-week ban on most abortions

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s Supreme Court on Monday cleared the state’s way of banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while giving voters a chance to lift the restrictions in November. The court, which was reversed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, ruled 6-1 to uphold the state’s …

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Democrats hope Biden can get a boost from lower-vote races under Wisconsin’s new legislative map

Democrats hope Biden can get a boost from lower-vote races under Wisconsin’s new legislative map

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s presidential primary Tuesday clears the way for a general election campaign that Democrats see as an opportunity unlike any in the state’s recent history. New legislative districts passed last month erasing the Republican advantages that have given the GOP dominance in the Wisconsin Assembly, even though Democrats have won 14 …

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